Food for the cities programme

Institutional stakeholder analysis and engagement

Stakeholder mapping, analysis and engagement occur at multiple points throughout the CRFS assessment and planning process.  As part of the CRFS characterisation, the focus is on implementing a more systemic institutional stakeholder mapping and analysis of all stakeholders engaged in different parts of the CRFS.  The aim is to gain insight into the views on current performance, strengths and vulnerabilities of the CRFS, the roles their organisation might play in further assessment, planning and development of the CRFS as well as the human, financial and other resources available for follow-up activities. 

Information to be collected for the stakeholder analysis and mapping exercice are provided in the below box.

Project tools and examples

CRFS Stakeholder Mapping and Analysis

This tool provides guidelines for CRFS stakeholder mapping and analysis.

Stakeholder Interview Types

This table allowed the Toronto team to ‘count’ the number of stakeholders proposed for interviews. The goal of developing this table was to identify where there were gaps and/or over-representation in the stakeholder group.

SocNetV – Social Network Analysis and Visualization Software – for stakeholders mapping exercise

The SocNetV tool allows to draw social networks, analyze graph and social network properties, produce diagrams and layouts. It was used in Kitwe (Zambia) to display the results of the stakeholder identification and analysis exercise.

Stakeholder mapping and analysis NetMap method

The Netmap method is a tool used for stakeholder mapping and analysis. Net-Map is a participatory interview technique that combines social network analysis stakeholder mapping, and power mapping. It was used in Lusaka (Zambia).